Research and Technical Support for Infrastructure Laboratories

The Research and Technical Support for Infrastructure Laboratories is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Infrastructure Research & Development (HRDI) to support critical highway infrastructure research and development programs. The contract focuses on providing management, operation, and maintenance services across four key laboratories: Structures, Non-Destructive Evaluation, Hydraulics, and Geotechnical. The vehicle aims to advance knowledge and tools for improving highway infrastructure safety, performance, and cost-effectiveness, with research spanning areas such as design, materials, construction, operation, and preservation of highway infrastructure components like pavements, bridges, culverts, and tunnels.

Task orders under this vehicle typically range from $150,000 to approximately $9.9 million, with performance periods extending to 2025-2026. Key prime contractors include Genex Systems LLC (a woman-owned small business), Hptech, Inc. (a minority-owned small business), Engineering & Software Consultants LLC (a small disadvantaged business), and Highway Technology Partners LLC (a minority-owned small disadvantaged business). Most task orders are structured as firm fixed-price or hybrid firm fixed-price/time and materials contracts, supporting specific research initiatives such as nondestructive evaluation of bridges, laboratory management and operations, technology transfer, and infrastructure performance studies. While the original solicitation was a small business set-aside, subsequent task orders have not maintained a specific set-aside designation. Performance locations are primarily in Virginia, with work concentrated around the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean and other FHWA research facilities.